Gaston Broquet
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​Gaston Broquet, 1880-1947 Trained at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, & served 32 months as a stretcher-bearer at the Front in WW1..​ His wife Jeanne was the daughter and pupil of sculptor Adolphe Itasse, and an accomplished sculptress in her own right, being one of the few women to receive a commission for a war memorial (as at Pouldreuzic, Finistére).

All images below © Nicholas Philpot

Bains les Bains, Vosges, 1932 Le Patrouilleur
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Châlons en Champagne, Marne 1926, La Dernière Relève
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Commercy, Meuse, 1923 La Mitrailleuse
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Douaumont, Meuse, Maginot Memorial, 1935
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Etain, Meuse, 1926
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Ligny en Barrois, Meuse, 1923
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Raon l'Étape, Vosges, 1930
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Samogneux, Vosges, 1930
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French Memorial Sculpture Index

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